Kouki Mojadidi is a licensed Architect and an alumna of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Practicing architecture since 2000 in New York City and Afghanistan, every project, for Kouki, establishes the importance of creative conceptual thinking as a process essential for implementing socially conscious projects in areas of conflict, natural disaster, and reconstruction. She has led complex design projects through all phases of development, from concept to implementation to create an inclusive architectural practice aiming to bridge implementing partners, builders with the community. For Kouki, socially conscious design is taking architecture beyond objectification; recognizing architecture to be more than a static physical reality. She implements projects that not only strive for exceptional design and construction but endeavors to strengthen the weakened threads of architectural practice pivotal to the fabric of society.

Architecture is the intersection of society. Architecture can be creative beyond just the physical, transcending the walls, to unite, bridge, and connect the threads of society that work towards solving meaningful problems.

“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.” - Nietzsche

The man, whom has ridden the contemporary pulse of architecture, has endeavored to propose a project under the name of humanity. Norman Foster has proposed a drone airport to bring supplies to remote areas of Africa lacking basic roads and infrastructure.

It’s been close to 15 years since American military forces, in 2001, attacked Afghan soil in a war to remove the Taliban from political control in Afghanistan. The United States Government fought to gain control over the Afghan Government and appealed to the interests of several prominent Afghan tribal leaders in an attempt to establish a new Afghan Government.

My head has been buried in the field of a war torn country for the past 4 - 1/2 years. I was an architect working within a developing NGO community in Kabul, Afghanistan. At the beginning, I arrived as an Architect that felt trapped in the life surrounded by a world-wide sea of creative-smart individuals absorbed and defined by a capitalistic“ show us what your made of ” market.

ARCHITECTURE THAT'S MORE THAN A STATIC PHYSICAL REALITY, ENDEAVORING TO STRENGTHEN THE WEAKENED THREADS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE PIVOTAL TO THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY.